This is a very nice and interesting railroad. Back when I was very little I used to see and ride this train often. The paint scheme is pretty cool and also the door chime is the best!
I’m glad you made it out here! I can’t remember if I told you to come this way before or after you did, but glad we’re on the same wavelength lol. Awesome video!
This train runs at an extremely slow speed it seems. Whatever the reason is, I don't know, but what I do know is that I think this is a pretty unique system.
I always wondered why this system used engine+coach consists rather than DMUs or something given the low ridership, which seem especially silly when you see consists with only two coaches like at the end of this video. In 2016, I had the good fortune to attend a tour of the Rail Runner facilities and I asked about this. The engineer said that back in 2002ish when the service was acquiring the trainsets, there were no production facilities in the US that were producing DMUs. Because of Buy American laws, this restricted the railroad to the oversized off-the-shelf engine and coach stock.
Not at all frequent, but it is worth noting the line is 97 miles (156 km) long, so it's more of an intercity service than a suburban service, particularly the northern half. The southern half of the line (which is 30 mi/48 km long) gets 7 trains per weekday in each direction, while the northern half (the remaining 67mi/108km) gets 8 trains per direction per weekday, one of which being an express that skips half the stops. Only 4 trains travel the entire length of the line on a given weekday. So not great, but considering this is America, you can actually do quite a bit worse. At least the line receives bidirectional service and (reduced) weekend service. Lots of commuter rail lines in this country only send inbound trains in the morning and outbound trains in the afternoon, and don't run on weekends.
American commuter rail is so weird. It's completely different from the S-Bahn in Germany which is our commuter rail. However BART is quite similar to the S-Bahn. m.th-cam.com/video/m1VwIpB29_4/w-d-xo.html That's one station of the S-Bahn system in Frankfurt for example. m.th-cam.com/video/DC1U9GAjIgw/w-d-xo.html And that's the S-Bahn in Stuttgart. I know they look like metros but they aren't. They only pass underground through the city-core. And they are faster than metros.
American trains will always be different than the European trains, and I like that. Unlike European trains, our trains in the USA blow their horns when approaching the station and ring their bells to alert passengers that the train is arriving.
Correct. Almost all of North American commuter rail use the Bombardier Bi-levels, and most use diesel locomotives like freight trains, and most share or use former freight track. I'm happy some lines are using stadlers or others. Most of these smaller systems, are just giving people an alternative to driving to work. The sad part systems like LIRR, Septa, MBTA should run better service like S Bahn
@@233CFH in Germany there is always an announcement before the S-Bahn arrives. Sometimes (especially in the city-core) there is a tunnel section which is like 5-8 stations long, where all S-Bahn lines pass through, which means they sometimes arrive every 2-3 minutes per direction. (depending on the city)
@@troll2161 Same here in the USA, but trains are still required to blow their horn and ring their bells, unless they're in a quiet zone where horns cannot be blown, then they can only use their bell.
Nice to see the windows are not covered with wraps. Passengers can still see clearly out the windows!! Great!
Excellent video!😊✨
It's a really good camera angle! I'm glad to see a powerful train!😊👍👍👍
This is a very nice and interesting railroad. Back when I was very little I used to see and ride this train often. The paint scheme is pretty cool and also the door chime is the best!
meep meep
Rail Runner celebrated 15 years of operation in 2021. Not bad for a metro area population (includes Santa Fe) of 923,630.
Well when you can steal ~1.5 billion dollars from the taxpayers pockets it's easy to "keep running"
Distinctive paint pattern!! Valuable commuter service to Santa Fe Akbuquerque areas!!#!! Thanks Tim for sharing with us😀😀♥️♥️
Valuable...? 😆😅😂🤣
If it is such then why does almost no one use it?
Super channel! Just subscribed! Love my model trains and the real ones, too! Have a wonderful holiday season! Thanks. T4
I’m glad you made it out here! I can’t remember if I told you to come this way before or after you did, but glad we’re on the same wavelength lol. Awesome video!
This train runs at an extremely slow speed it seems. Whatever the reason is, I don't know, but what I do know is that I think this is a pretty unique system.
It runs at 79 MPH for 97 miles.
@@QuarioQuario54321 Oh I thought it was slower. Ok well that's just average speed.
1:31 was kinda trippy
Brilliant stuff 😊
Waste of taxpayer money
You forgot to mention the Northstar Commuter Rail in Minneapolis, MN!
Epic! :D my home state train! :D
Lovely catch 💯🔥
I love dis railroad. Very u derrames
I always wondered why this system used engine+coach consists rather than DMUs or something given the low ridership, which seem especially silly when you see consists with only two coaches like at the end of this video. In 2016, I had the good fortune to attend a tour of the Rail Runner facilities and I asked about this. The engineer said that back in 2002ish when the service was acquiring the trainsets, there were no production facilities in the US that were producing DMUs. Because of Buy American laws, this restricted the railroad to the oversized off-the-shelf engine and coach stock.
Very interesting video! But how frequent is the service?
Not at all frequent, but it is worth noting the line is 97 miles (156 km) long, so it's more of an intercity service than a suburban service, particularly the northern half. The southern half of the line (which is 30 mi/48 km long) gets 7 trains per weekday in each direction, while the northern half (the remaining 67mi/108km) gets 8 trains per direction per weekday, one of which being an express that skips half the stops. Only 4 trains travel the entire length of the line on a given weekday. So not great, but considering this is America, you can actually do quite a bit worse.
At least the line receives bidirectional service and (reduced) weekend service. Lots of commuter rail lines in this country only send inbound trains in the morning and outbound trains in the afternoon, and don't run on weekends.
Superb
3:50 crossing Montano Rd and the 157 bus. Most of the crossings through Albuquerque are quiet zones.
Seems a bit more like an intercity rail line than commuter rail line
American commuter rail is so weird. It's completely different from the S-Bahn in Germany which is our commuter rail. However BART is quite similar to the S-Bahn.
m.th-cam.com/video/m1VwIpB29_4/w-d-xo.html
That's one station of the S-Bahn system in Frankfurt for example.
m.th-cam.com/video/DC1U9GAjIgw/w-d-xo.html
And that's the S-Bahn in Stuttgart.
I know they look like metros but they aren't. They only pass underground through the city-core. And they are faster than metros.
American trains will always be different than the European trains, and I like that. Unlike European trains, our trains in the USA blow their horns when approaching the station and ring their bells to alert passengers that the train is arriving.
Correct. Almost all of North American commuter rail use the Bombardier Bi-levels, and most use diesel locomotives like freight trains, and most share or use former freight track. I'm happy some lines are using stadlers or others. Most of these smaller systems, are just giving people an alternative to driving to work. The sad part systems like LIRR, Septa, MBTA should run better service like S Bahn
@@233CFH in Germany there is always an announcement before the S-Bahn arrives. Sometimes (especially in the city-core) there is a tunnel section which is like 5-8 stations long, where all S-Bahn lines pass through, which means they sometimes arrive every 2-3 minutes per direction. (depending on the city)
@@troll2161 Same here in the USA, but trains are still required to blow their horn and ring their bells, unless they're in a quiet zone where horns cannot be blown, then they can only use their bell.
how much does the railrunnet cost
Roughly 1.5 billion dollars so far... and it continues to hemorrhage money each and every day
Very nice livery, although it would be more practical if it was electric or bi-mode
It is a Diesel engine that powers electric traction motors so technically a hybrid system.